Trends and ThreatsThis species has a fragmented distribution within a narrow altitudinal range. It is found in three protected areas: Parc National de Zahamena, Parc National de Mantadia and Parc National d'Andringitra (Raxworthy and Vences 2008). Its forest habitat is being lost due to increasing agriculture and grazing, logging, charcoal manufacture, invasion and spread of eucalyptus, and expanding human settlement.

Written by Miguel Vences and Frank Glaw (m.vences AT tu-bs.de), Assistant Professor and Curator of Vertebrates at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Zoological Museum at the University of AmsterdamFirst submitted 2009-04-15Edited by Kellie Whittaker (2010-07-19)